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ˈsubˌtriplicate, a. Math. [sub- 10.] 1. Of a ratio or proportion: Being that of the cube roots of the quantities; thus, 2 : 3 is the subtriplicate ratio of 8 : 27.
1656[see subduplicate]. 1710J. Harris Lex. Techn. II, Paraboloids, are Paraboliform Curves in Geometry; whose Ordinates are supposed to be in a Subtriplicate, Subquadruplicate, &c. Ratio of their respective Abscissæ. 1781Phil. Trans. LXXI. 316 Let us see how near they come to the reciprocal sub-triplicate ratio of their weights. ¶2. = subtriple. (A misuse.)
1656Hobbes Six Lessons Wks. 1845 VII. 277 It is the same fault when men call..a third part subtriplicate of the whole. |